Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief An appeal court in China on Friday confirmed the original trial verdict which ruled against Chinese Canadian rapper and actor Kris Wu (real name Wu Yifei).
An appeal hearing by the Beijing No. 3 People’s Intermediate Court in July heard the performer’s appeal case away from cameras and the public and said that it would deliver its verdict later.
Family and representatives from the Canadian Embassy were reported to have been present for the Friday verdict. Wu was sentenced last November by the Chaoyang District People’s Court to a total of 13 years — 11 and a half years for rape and a consecutive 22 months for “group lewdness” — and will be deported from China after completing his sentence.
He was subsequently fined $64 million dollars for tax evasion. Allegations against Wu were made in July 2021 by Du Meizhu, then 18, a beauty industry influencer.
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